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St. Savin - Christ of Parousia and the Visions of Apocalypse

Notes:

Frescos on the tympanum and vault of the porch. On the tympanum (far back) is depicted a tall and nimbused figure of Christ of Parousia sitting on a throne in a circle of glory and flanked by angels carrying the instruments of Passion, notably one on the left carrying the cross. On the vault, the wall-arch (middle) depicts 12 angels and 12 apostles each in groups of four, while the second bay (foreground) illustrates several visions of Apocalypse

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St. Savin - Christ of Parousia and the Visions of Apocalypse, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33113 [retrieved January 21, 2019]. Original source: Images donated by Anne Richardson Womack, Vanderbilt University, and James T. Womack, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TN.